Explore the history of the Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts books.
The Aldeburgh Festival has been a pilgrimage for lovers of classical music and culture since 1948. Every June it brings together new commissions, world-premieres and international stars on the stretch of Suffolk Coast which so bewitched its founders, the composer Benjamin Britten and his partner singer Peter Pears.
1948
Designed by John Lewis
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1949
Designed by John Lewis
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1950
Designed by John Lewis
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1951
Designed by John Lewis and Griselda Lewis
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1952
Victoria and Albert Museum, Crown copyright
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1954
Designed by John Lewis and Griselda Lewis
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1955
Designed by Benham and Company, Drawing and wood-engravings by John O’Connor
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1956
Designed by Benham and Company, Drawings by John Nash, R.A.
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1957
Designed by Benham and Company, Artwork Richard Chopping
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1958
Wood-engravings by Reynolds Stone
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1959
Wood-engravings by Reynolds Stone
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1960
Designed by John Lewis
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1961
Designed by Benham and Company, Wood-engravings by Meg Stevens
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1962
Artwork by Mary Potter
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1963
Artwork by John Piper
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1964
Artwork by Sidney Nolan
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1965
Artwork by Jeffrey Camp
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1966
Engravings by Charles Brooking
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1967
Photograph by Brian Cook
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1968
The Duet by J. M. Whistler
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1969
Two Foxhounds in a Landscape by George Stubbs
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1970
Snape Maltings by John Piper
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1971
Artwork by Ceri Richards
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1972
Queen Victoria (1893) by William Nicholson
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1973
Palazzo Pesaro, Venice by John Piper
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1974
Norwegian Fjord by Keith Grant
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1975
Photograph by John Donat
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1976
Aldeburgh Beach by Mary Potter
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1977
Photograph by Nigel Luckhurst, Benjamin Britten
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1978
Ivy by John Craske
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1979
Suffolk Miscellany 2 by Richard Chopping
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1980
Wiston Harvest by John Nash
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1981
Sunshine and Storm by Joseph Southall
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1982
Walberswick Flower Paintings by Charles Rennie Mackintosh
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1983
Floreate Heads by John Piper
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1984
Palm Tree and Bicycle by Shigeki Kuroda
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1985
The Costume Designs for Clytemnestra and Agamemnon by Robert Medley
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1986
Photograph by Angus McBean, Peter Pears as Albert Herring in the 1947 Glyndebourne production
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1987
The Mill, Alderbolt by John Craxton
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1988
The Logging Camp by Homer Dodge Martin
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1989
Quezo, off the coast of Spain by John Thomas
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1990
Landscape with figure and fire by Sidney Nolan
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1991
Illustration by David Gentleman
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1992
Illustration by Bernard Cheese
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1993
Looking towards Snape Maltings, Slaughden, Aldeburgh, Suffolk by John Piper
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1994
Deckchair by Peggy Somerville
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1995
Blue Washed Sky by Clement McAleer
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1996
Artwork by Francis Davison
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1997
URC/The Ghost I by Anthony Green R.A
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1998
Designed by Creative Company
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1999
Photograph by Jeremy Young
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2000
Photograph by Jeremy Young
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2001
Designed by Silk Pearce. Photograph taken at Liverpool Street Station by Peter Silk
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2002
(Background) NPA Satellite Mapping: False colour satellite image of Suffolk. Designed by Silk Pearce
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2003
Designed by Silk Pearce
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2004
Designed by Silk Pearce
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2005
Designed by Silk Pearce
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2006
Designed by Silk Pearce
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2007
Designed by Silk Pearce. Photograph by Jeremy Young
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2008
Aldeburgh Music webcams, taken on 27-10-05 at 07.59. Designed by Silk Pearce
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2009
Designed by Silk Pearce
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2010
Designed by Silk Pearce
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2011
Designed by Silk Pearce
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2012
Designed by Silk Pearce
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2013
Britten in the sea at Aldeburgh, June 1952. © 1952 Royal Opera House / Roger Wood. Designed by Silk Pearce
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2014
Orford Ness, 1914 by Anya Gallaccio. Courtesy of the artist and Thomas Dane Gallery London, and courtesy of the National Trust. Designed by Silk Pearce
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2015
Designed by Silk Pearce
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2016
Designed by Silk Pearce
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2017
Designed by Silk Pearce
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2018
Artwork by Beki Smith. Designed by Silk Pearce
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2019
Artwork by Brian Grimwood. Designed by Silk Pearce
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2020–21
The Sea Interludes (detail) by Keith Grant
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2022
Designed by Marcus Roth
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2023
Designed by Marcus Roth
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2024
Designed by Marcus Roth
